Door lock mechanism

Disco (300) has just returned from a 4000 miler, which took us actually into
the Sahara - making for some proper Landie photo opportunities, until the
point where my camera packed up with sand ;(

No worries at all from the car, except that one day the driver's door
decided to stop closing first time. The only "trick" which made it work was
to have it open, lock it and unlock it using the button, then close it, when
it would latch. The servo (i.e. the plip) couldn't pull the button down
though, so leaving the car had to involve using the key, then the plip to
set the alarm.

A Spanish dealer relaced the lock for me, after dire warnings about the door
bursting open which didn't convince me, but I wanted to be safe rather than
sorry. So, driver's door now fine.

However...

Along the way, my passenger opened (or closed) his door *while* I was
operating the lock on mine. Now his door handle will only operate if
somebody holds the button up.

The dealer said this would also need a new lock, but it feels to me more
like something's just come out of alignment. Anybody got experience of this?

K

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:58:26 -0000, "Kieran Turner"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Along the way, my passenger opened (or closed) his door *while* I was
>operating the lock on mine. Now his door handle will only operate if
>somebody holds the button up.
>
Sounds like you've just been another victim of the infamous Discovery
Door Lock Spring.
Tiny little thing that's in a very awkward position, requires
stripping down of the door to replace.
You can pick a pair (they're handed) up off ebay here in the UK for
anything up to 10 GBP

Other than that its replacement of the door lock at about 70GBP

Chris
Take the rubbish out to email me!

Out of interest, do Defenders (1992) Suffer the same problem?

My passenger door will not shut on the latch without first pushing the
button down. Also, when I try to lift the button up to unlock it wont
always come up. Usually need to go for a drive - I think the
vibrations then allow the mechanism to release.

Before shelling out on a new locking mechanism it would be nice to
know if there is a cheaper solution!

Thanks
Jon

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:08:19 +0000, Chris Ward
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:58:26 -0000, "Kieran Turner"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Along the way, my passenger opened (or closed) his door *while* I was
>>operating the lock on mine. Now his door handle will only operate if
>>somebody holds the button up.
>>
>Sounds like you've just been another victim of the infamous Discovery
>Door Lock Spring.
>Tiny little thing that's in a very awkward position, requires
>stripping down of the door to replace.
>You can pick a pair (they're handed) up off ebay here in the UK for
>anything up to 10 GBP
>
>Other than that its replacement of the door lock at about 70GBP
>
>Chris
>Take the rubbish out to email me!